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Why It’s Cool

Cameras are cool and bikes are cool, and the two together are downright freezing. Plus, the Tour de France is in full swing. It’s the season of the bike!

What You’ll Need

Everything you need for this project is pretty cheap. You’ll find it all at your local bike shop and hardware store.

Now what?

Weave through rush hour traffic (Market St in SF? Times Square in NYC?) Use the video mode on your camera for some great action videos.

Attach your bike to your car (or a bus, if you’re in the city) and hit record!

Does Critical Mass ride in your city? DO NOT forget your bike cam on the next ride!

Turn the camera to face you and pretend you’re in the Tour.

Ride through the scariest neighborhood in town. Fast. At 4 in the morning.

But, Can’t I Just Buy One?

If the do-it-yourself spirit hasn’t moved you and you just want to buy a mount, give the all-purpose Gorillapod a shake. Wrap it around the stem, handlebars, top tube. Coolest thing about it as a bike mount: its articulated head makes it easy to pan.